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Description
15" (38 cm.) Carved wooden socket head with sculpted short curly hair having pronounced forelock curl, well-defined carved and painted features, narrow blue eyes, tinted brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth modeled as though open with laughing expression, two beaded upper teeth and two beaded lower teeth, all-wooden spring-jointed body. Condition: very good, original finish albeit rubs and scuffing. Marks: Schoenhut Doll. Pat. Jan. 17, ˜11 USA & Foreign Countries. Comments: Schoenhut, circa 1911, one of the earliest models by the firm, known as "Schnickelfritz", a term of teasing endearment. Value Points: rare model whose well-defined sculpting creates an endearing art character.